Television toy



NOV. 7, MQRCH TELEVISION TOY Filed March 15,1944

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' UNITED ST ES PATENT OFFICE TELEVISION ror Anthony Morcli, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Application March 15, 1944, Serial No. 526,570 2 Claims. (oi, 46-1) Thisinvention relates'to a new television my by means orwmchan image placedbefore a transmitter unit can be'seen in a receiver unit 1 which islocated at, some distance from said transmitter." 1 Y The main object ofthe present invention is the provision of a d'eviceof the characterdescribed, which is light in weight, simple in construction so that itcan :be manufactured and sold at a very reasonable price but which willreproduce the transmitted images in such a manner that they appear tohave the characteristic of real television pictures;

Another object of the present invention is'the provision of a toy of thecharacter described which, due to some movable parts, will be ofincreased interest for children and which, due to the requirements ofexact adjustment will also have a'certain educational effect;

,A further object of the present invention is the provision of atelevision toy which has facilities for transmitting sounds and whichcan be operated with flashlight or other low-power voltage batteries sothat children using this toy cannot receive electric shocks or injurieswhich are possible when a device is connected to any other source ofcurrent having a voltage of 110 or more volts.

Still a further object of the present invention is the provision of atelevision toy which does not require any high frequency tubes or otherexpensive and sensitive parts which could easily be damaged by shocks orby careless manipulation.

Further objects of the instant invention reside in any novel feature ofconstruction or operation or novel combination of parts present in theembodiment of the invention described and shown in the accompanyingdrawing whether within or without the scope of the appended claims andirrespective of other specific statements as to the scope of theinvention contained herein;

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a preferred embodiment of my inventionpartially in section on the line |--I of Fig. 2; v

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1.- a

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The transmitter unit consists primarily of a closed box I of card boardor the like having a front wall 2, a rear wall 3, a top 4 and a bottomand side walls. A source of light consisting of an electric light bulb 6is secured to the top by means of a socket bearer 5 so that it willilluminate an object, for instance a head 2|, which is before the frontwall 2. In the upper portion of the front wall 2, is an aperture 22, forinstance a square hole, and in the rear wall 3 is also an aperture 23which registers with aperture 22. Within the box I is a small electromotor 25, carried by a supporting member 20. The shaft of motor 25extends through the rear wall 3 and carries at its outer end one or moreblades 24. A mirror 1 is angularly adjustable at 3 carried by avertically adjustable shaft 9 which is aflixed to the outer side of rearwall 3 by means of an arm in. Another mirror II is angularly andadjustably secured to'the outer side of the top 4 by means of a hingeII; and a pivot l2 also secured to top I is connected through a shaft l3to another shaft [5 pivoted at M. A source of light I! is carried by asleeve member l6 which can be slid on shaft I5. A microphone 40 issecured to box I near the aperture 22 and is connected to flash lightbatteries 4| or to any other source of low voltage current, which mayalso provide the current for the lights 6 and I1 and for motor 25.

The receiver unit consists of substantially the same box as thetransmitter unit and has a bottom 26, a rear wall 21, a front wall 28and a top 29. The walls 21 and 28 are provided with registeringapertures which are substantially the same as the apertures 22 and 23 inthe transmitter unit previously referred to. A pivot 30 on the wall 28carries a rod 3i to which a mirror 32 is hinged at 38. Another motor 35,the shaft of which is extended through wall 21 and carries one orseveral blades 36, is supported within the receiver unit box by a member31. A device for reproducing sounds such as a receivermicrophone isattached to the receiver unit and connected to the microphone 40 and tothe source of current 4| of the transmitter unit by means of insulatedwires 41.

The device is operated as follows: An object placed before aperture 22of the transmitter unit,

for instance the head 2| of a person, is illuminated by the light. 6 andthe image is received doors between the rooms being open so that theimage can be projected from mirror H of. the

transmitter unit, through the apertures in the walls'21 and 28 of thereceiver unit to the mirror 32 as indicated by dash-and-dotted lines l8in Fig. 2. In order to receive the image of the object which is beforethe aperture 22, of the head 2! in the instance shown, the unit must beexactly in line and the mirrors must be adjusted to a certain angularposition. The image will then be projected from mirror 32 to mirror 33,which acts as image receiver similar to the receiver screen in a realtelevision apparatus. The blades 24 and 36, which revolve before theapertures in the rear walls of both units, will cause a flicker effectof the received image which is characteristic for television pictures,and the mirrors I and 32 will prevent the object before aperture 22 frombeing seen directly through the apertures. The lights 6 and H as well asthe motors 25 and 35 can also be connected to the net, instead of beingfed by batteries, particularly if the toy is intended for use by olderchildren. The microphones 40 and 45 will make it possible for a personstanding before aperture 22 to be heard on the receiving end even if hespeaks in a low voice which normally could not be heard at the distancewhich is between the transmitter and the receiver unit.

If the toy is used outdoors, the sunlight can be utilized instead of theelectric lights 6 and I1.

While there has been shown and described and pointed out the fundamentalnovel features of the invention as applied to a single modification, itwill be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changesin the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operationmay be made by those skilled in the art without departing from thespirit of the invention. It is the intention therefore, to be limitedonly as indicated by the scope of the following claims. 7

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent in the United States is:

1. A television toy comprising a transmitter unit of alight weight boxhaving in opposite walls apertures which register with one another andblades adapted to be rotated before one of said apertures; saidtransmitter unit having near one of said apertures a source of light anda micro-- phone, and at the other aperture a vertically and angularlyadjustable mirror, a second source of light adjustably mounted upon saidunit and a second angulariy adjustable mirror; and a receiver unithaving near one of its apertures a device for reproducing the soundsreceived by the microphone on said transmitter unit and a pair ofmirrors one of which is angularly and vertically adjustable and theother of which is angularly adjustable; said angularly and verticallyadjustable mirror on said transmitter unit being adaptedto receivethrough both apertures in said unit the image of an object placed beforesaid unit and also to receive light from said second source of light andto project the image and light upon said second mirror, the latter beingadapted to project the image and the light through the apertures in saidreceiving unit upon the angularly and vertically adjustable mirror onsaid receiving unit when both sets of mirrors are in line with eachother and to project the image and light received into the angularlyadjustable mirror of said receiving unit, all substantially asdescribed.

2. A television toy comprising a transmitter unit which consists of aclosed box having apertures in the upper portion of its front and rearwalls which register with each other, of a stationary source of light atthe aperture in said front wall adapted to illuminate an object placedbefore said aperture, of an adjustable source of light, two adjustablemirrors and a rotating blade outside of and near the aperture in saidrear wall, and of a microphone near the aperture in said front wall; anda receiver unit which consists of substantially the same box as saidtransmitter unit having aligned apertures, of a plate adapted to berotated before the aperture in the front wall of the receiver unit, of apair of adjustable mirrors at the rear wall of said unit and of a devicefor reproducing sounds received by the microphone at the transmitterunit; said mirrors on said transmitting unit being adapted to receivethe image of an object placed before the front aperture of saidtransmitting unit and to project the image and light received from saidsources of light into the mirrors of said receiving unit when both setsof mirrors are in line and spaced relation to one another, and saidrotating blades being adapted to cause a flicker effect on the receivedimage which is characteristic of television pictures, all substantiallyas described.

ANTHONY"MORCH.

